Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 84
June 19, 2014
Mentoring Leadership
Mentoring Leadership: By a Successful Entrepreneur and Experienced Mentor by Dr Earl R Smith IIMy mentoring engagements are based primarily on my experience and judgment. My experience – started and built six businesses and worked with a few dozen senior executives, mostly CEOs and Chairmen – guides the approach. My judgment – honed through many engagements and encounters with complex situations – allows me to choose confidently from a range of approaches to mentoring – letting the style fit the need.
Every business should be a growing business. However, many have both internal and external factors hampering their success. There are times when employees begin to lose interest and start performing poorly. This has a direct impact on the progress of other team members, employees and the company as a whole. It is these types of situations that my executive mentoring has had its most dramatic impact. I use various business Mentoring models to study and understand the concerns of the business, and to work towards improving the overall performance of the company. Here is a brief outline.
My mentoring takes an integrated approach based on my experience and drawing on theories from behavioral science that have helped me improve the impact of my mentoring. My approach includes a focus on the beliefs, values, personal growth, attitude, motivational levels, emotions, and social learning, besides organizational dynamics and defenses.
The chief components of my mentoring style derive from the behavioral approach to change. It is my job to analyze behavior in relation to the antecedents and the consequences before the change. This means evolving a developmental plan using various behavioral change techniques.
My mentoring model uses aspects of both the behavioral approach and the traditional approach, in order for sustainable learning to take place.
Four concepts of mentoring model underlie the approach:
Stages of Change (Trans-theoretical Model): Targeted interference should be positioned decisively within the ongoing context of the present cyclical process for any change to be successful – five discrete stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance.
Social Cognitive Theory (Social Learning Theory): Emphasis on the behavior of the individual – mainly on psychological factors – human behavior is determined by three factors: dynamic, reciprocal interaction of personal factors, and behavior and the environment.
Theory of Reasoned Action (Theory of Planned Behavior): Predict and understand the motivational influences on behavior that is not under the direct control of the individual – identify the target strategies for changing behavior.
Solution Focused Theory: Competency Based Theory: the theoretical methodology of this premise is to bring together and discuss non-problematic data in order to solve a problem
Many coaches take a much more casual approach to their profession. The results are often casual as well. It seems to me that a mentor owes a client more than that. As a professional mentor, they should have a working knowledge of and a facility with a range of mentoring methods. A mentor is primarily obligated to in order to serve the client as proficiently as possible.
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June 11, 2014
Battle at the Cottage Gate
From Amazing Pace: Turbo-Charged Business Development Dr. Earl R. Smith II Managing Partner, Growthers This article describes a situation that occurs over and over during the growth of any company. It might seem that, once out of the cottage stage, companies are free of this syndrome but nothing could be further from the truth. The [...]
June 7, 2014
Zen Sense
The clutter of our lives and minds entangles us in an escalating cycle of haste, alienation, and exhaustion http://www.dr-smith.info/
May 26, 2014
Five Reasons Why I Love the New Twitter Format http://www.dr-smith.info/twitter-supe...
by Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com www.Dr-Smith.com Twitter has recently launched a brand-new design. Like most things, my initial reaction was “why was this needed?” But then I started to spend some time using the new format and discovered that it made things a lot easier in a lot of areas. Here are just [...]
May 21, 2014
Reason Why or Thinking How?
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Some of my mentoring engagements focus on the personal tendencies of my clients. Those journeys take us into very personal areas; many of which have been either avoided or ignored for many years. One of the most productive assaults centers around a tendency that is ubiquitous among humans [...]
May 5, 2014
Planning and Implementation
Dr. Earl R. Smith II DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com Dr-Smith.com Both strategic and tactical planning are partially science and partially art. Like a hammer or a football, the intellectualization of their function and purpose does not make a person adept – let alone effective – in using them. Both require careful attention to detail – consideration of every [...]
Strategic Planning Retreats by Dr. Smith
Dr. Earl R. Smith II Strategic Planning is critical to a company’s future. A facilitated planning retreat can significantly improve results. I specialize in designing and managing them. My teams are composed of highly skilled professionals who have successful careers and are actively engaged in practicing their craft. Each retreat is custom crafted to meet the [...]
May 3, 2014
The clutter of our lives and minds entangles us in an escalating cycle of haste, alienation, and exhaustion http://www.dr-smith.info/
The clutter of our lives and minds entangles us in an escalating cycle of haste, alienation, and exhaustion http://www.dr-smith.info/ Mentoring for Those With the Courage to Make the Journey Based on my years of coaching hundreds of people – helping them overcome some of life’s most daunting challenges, I have developed an approach that is [...]
It is wise to step back from our preoccupations & listen more deeply to the rhythms & quality of our hearts and minds http://www.dr-smith.info/
It is wise to step back from our preoccupations & listen more deeply to the rhythms & quality of our hearts and minds http://www.dr-smith.info/ Mentoring for Those With the Courage to Make the Journey Based on my years of coaching hundreds of people – helping them overcome some of life’s most daunting challenges, I have [...]
